A huge field of 57 runners went to post for the 1947 Grand National, and it was an Irish affair in terms of the winner. Caughoo took the race, with an official winning distance of 20 lengths recorded, making it a pretty comfortable success.
The horse was Irish bred, and he was owned, trained, and ridden by an Irish man, too.
Eddie Dempsey was the winning jockey and did so with his first-ever ride in the Grand National. He would go on to have two further rides in the race, including on this horse a year later, but both times, he failed to finish, making this the only time he completed the course.
Herbert McDowell was the winning trainer, also his first attempt, and he would only ever have this horse run in the Grand National while the horse was owned by John McDowell.
John bought the horse for £50, a story given out during the aftermath of the race, and bought it with the idea of running in the Grand National.
A huge field went to post for the contest, with 57 horses starting the race. Positive news came afterwards, with the confirmation that all runners had returned to the race stables safely afterwards, even more impressive than usual when you consider the size of the field.
This was the largest field for the race since the 1929 edition, in which 62 runners would go to post, a time before there was any kind of strict limit on the number of participants.